Annual Workshop on Southeast Asian Women 2001
Monash University has a number of academic staff and graduate students conducting research relating to women in Southeast Asia. The first Women in Southeast Asia Workshop was organised by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies in 1994, and since then such workshops have been held annually to promote research in the area and to facilitate exchange of ideas among scholars.
The aim of the Workshop is to bring together researchers and others interested in the study of matters relating to Southeast Asian women, in any field, such as politics, geography, literature, the arts, history or health.
The 8th Workshop: Friday 6 July 2001
Manton Rooms (SG01), Menzies Building, Monash University, Clayton campus
Programme:
11 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Session 1: Women in History and the Arts
Dr Helen Creese (University of Queensland):
Daily life of women in the Indic courts of Java and Bali
Remedios Teoh (Deakin University): Cecile Guidote Alvarez: A feminist
nationalist and the People's Theatre in the Philippines
12.30 - 1.45 p.m. Lunch in the Union building
1.45 - 3.15 p.m.
Session 2: Work-in-progress workshop
Dr Susan Blackburn (Monash
University) will discuss the book she is writing on Indonesian women
and the state.
Mary O'Kane (Monash University) will
discuss her current research on Burmese women on the Thai border.
N.B. We hope that in this session everyone present who is doing research on Southeast Asian women will contribute their own experiences for discussion.
3.30 p.m.
Book launch
"Love sex and power: Women in Southeast Asia" edited by Susan Blackburn, published by the Monash Asia Institute, 2001, will be launched by Dr Penny Graham, Director, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies.